The archaeology of the Spanish Civil War is one more expression of the field of contemporary archaeology, which studies the societies of the present and recent past on the basis of material culture. In the case of the Civil War, archaeology can provide valuable information on aspects that have been left untreated in historiography and that have to do with everyday life, the cultural history of objects, forgotten episodes of war and the political violence that was hidden by the dictatorship.

Rather than offering a chronological overview of the conflict, this conference will look at the Civil War through ten objects recovered in archaeological excavations and exhumations over the last decade that tell a different story.

Collection: Multimedia

Project: 6. Under a cloak of terror: violence and armed conflict in Europe.

Chronology: -

Scope: Secondary Education

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Y-Nre8n_o

Resource type: Vídeo

Format: Multimedia

Owner: Arqueological National Museum of Spain (MAN) (Modernalia)

Abstract: The archaeology of the Spanish Civil War is one more expression of the field of contemporary archaeology, which studies the societies of the present and recent past on the basis of material culture. In the case of the Civil War, archaeology can provide valuable information on aspects that have been left untreated in historiography and that have to do with everyday life, the cultural history of objects, forgotten episodes of war and the political violence that was hidden by the dictatorship. Rather than offering a chronological overview of the conflict, this conference will look at the Civil War through ten objects recovered in archaeological excavations and exhumations over the last decade that tell a different story.

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